Tank Storage Magazine provides companies involved in the storage of oils, chemicals and gases with the very latest industry news. Whether you wish to find out who the major players in the industry are or the very latest terminal related news, Tank Storage Magazine is dedicated purely to the tank terminal sector. Each issue includes interviews with a leading terminal operator, technical articles, updates on regulations, as well as the very latest on new products relevant to the industry.
SEPTEMBER 2005 - Volume 1 Issue 3
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COMMENT:
Counting the cost of Hurricane Katrina.
TERMINAL NEWS:
Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina • Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina • Kinder Morgan
acquisitions • Crude Holdings buys stake in World Point • De Rijke taking over Wetro Europoort • Floating
Storage Oil Unit for Ghana • New Westway brand name • TEPPCO buys Houston assets • Vopak developments
in Rotterdam and China • Valero in Mexican pipeline
deal • Valero sells pipeline and terminals • Titan investment in China • Tekfen wins
Kuwait order • Sunoco completes Texas acquisition • Oiltanking expands in Singapore,
Oman and China • Plains All American builds terminal in Louisiana • Oiltanking adapts
for chemicals at Tallinn • Hyundai wins tank order • Eastern Tankstore branches out in
China • Qingdao in joint venture • Chemicals associations team up
SUPPLIER NEWS:
BRC chooses Endress+Hauser system • Tankbank forge strategic relationship • Portable gauges with automation benefits • Emerson's new flowmeter
SHIPPING NEWS:
Tokyo MOU inspection crackdown • Tougher EC sanctions for
ship-source pollution • China, Australia and UK make shippers
pay for oil spills • Tankers visiting Valdez must pay property tax
PROFILE:
Ulf Vleeshouwers, Managing Director of Nordic Storage, talks
about the challenges and opportunities of being a terminal
operator in the Baltic region.
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REGIONAL SURVEY: BALTIC
Export growth from Russia and EU expansion are fuelling a boom for tank
storage operators in the Baltic Sea region.
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FALLS FROM HEIGHT:
The UK's new Work at Height regulations have focussed world attention on
workplace injuries resulting from falls.
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STOCWATCH:
The latest news on StocExpo 2006, to be held
next March in Rotterdam.
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ILTA REVIEW:
Looking back to the ILTA Conference and Trade
Show in Houston.
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TANK INSPECTION & LEAK DETECTION:
The increasingly sophisticated technologies for inservice
and out of service inspections, and detecting
tank leakage.
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VALVES, ACTUATORS & COUPLINGS:
Zero tolerance of leakage, contamination and loss in
the fluid handling sector.
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TERMINAL AUTOMATION:
The latest innovations and developments in automation
technology.
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TANK ROOFS AND DOMES:
Tank storage operators are turning to aluminium domes
and internal floating roofs to cut costs and emissions.
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REGULATIONS:
Third edition of standard SP001 • England's oil storage
regulations • Tighter hazardous waste rules • US
highway bill • Guidelines on dangerous goods transport
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